Types of energy…handout
NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS ADVANTAGES Cheap CONS Portable Burns clean CONS Carbon Dioxide---global warming Affects wildlife
COAL ADVANTAGES Cheap Lots of it Easy to transport CONS Mining is dangerous Releases CO2 Mining recue Mining recue
Nuclear Energy Brainpop NUCLEAR (Uranium) CONS Hazardous nuclear waste Expensive to build power plants ADVANTAGES Cheap Little pollution Nuclear meltdown Nuclear Energy Brainpop
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
SOLAR DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES Cells are expensive Unlimited only works during sunlight ADVANTAGES Unlimited no pollution SOLAR POWER Cartoon Brain Pop Solar
GEOTHERMAL DISADVANTAGES Only works in certain areas ADVANTAGES Can’t be transported ADVANTAGES no pollution Heating a house Chevron
HYDROPOWER PROS Cheap No pollution DISADVANTAGES Dams are harmful to wildlife in ecosystems Brain POP Dams
WIND POWER ADVANTAGES No pollution DISADVANTAGES Noisy Dangerous for birds $$$$ BrainPop Wind
BIOMASS ADVANTAGES Burns materials normally thrown away DISADVANTAGES Biomass needs to be replaced Air pollution trees BrainPop Biofuels